China Today interviewed several foreign diplomats who attended and observed the meeting regarding their views on the government work report and China’s achievements over the past 40 years since reform and opening-up.

Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted the importance of high-quality economic growth as he joined a panel discussion with the deputies from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress.

If the report of the 19th National Congress of CPC is a strategic plan and road map, the government work report of 2018 is a well-conceived strategic construction blueprint, with concrete measures and explicit directions for implementation.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee announced its proposal to amend China’s Constitution on Feb. 25, 2018.
It proposed to include the major theories, viewpoints, principles and policies adopted at the 19th CPC National Congress as part of the country’s Constitution.

The National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, holds a press conference ahead of its annual session in Beijing.
Zhang Yesui, the spokesperson for the first session of the 13th NPC, briefs the media and answers questions with regards to the agenda and the work of the annual session.

Structural reforms will be the key point of observation in the coming annual sessions of the National People’s Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), often called the “two sessions” in China.